Bail, parole concerns aired at crime symposium

Relatives of murder victims will tell of their experiences at a National Homicide Symposium in Adelaide.

It is a prelude to a national victims' of crime conference this week.

New Zealand woman Tracey Marceau moved to Adelaide after her teenage daughter was murdered in 2011.

She said Christie was killed by a man who had been granted bail despite kidnapping and assaulting the teenager weeks earlier.

Mrs Marceau is a campaigner for tougher bail rules on offenders.

"Parole and bail are actually very linked in the fact that they're actually released back into the community, they don't seem to be monitored very well and I think it's just time for people to just basically stand up and say 'enough is enough'," she said.

David Kerr of the South Australian Victim Support Service said the symposium would look at links between homicide, family violence and growing use of social media.

"Certainly the risk is increasing so we're looking to look at some of these emerging issues and get ahead of the game and start addressing these issues," he said.

Mr Kerr said symposium delegates would deal with issues relating to bail, home detention and parole.

"The fine judgment that goes on in our courts around releasing people who are known to be extremely violent and extremely risky people out back into our community and we think there needs to be a bit more analysis of that," he said.